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Weekend Forecast: Does Harry Potter Have What it Takes to Top Dark Knight?

Do you smell that? No, no — not the faint, salty vapor of Muggle tears humidifying multiplex lobbies worldwide. I’m talking about those Harry Potter viewers’ money , which has already changed hands at record rates with possible history to come. How much can the much-anticipated, much lamented blockbuster earn this weekend? To the Forecast!

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Jake Gyllenhaal Drops By L.A. Gang Shoot-Out

Say what you will about L.A. gangs, but they know how to step it up for a guest: “Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena got a front row seat to Los Angeles gang violence. The actors, who were on riding along with police on patrol in South Los Angeles, were on the scene of a gang shooting late Wednesday. The actors are researching police work for their roles in the upcoming movie End of Watch. . Sgt. Angela McGee says a gang member shot a rival, who is hospitalized with a grazing bullet wounds above his lip and on an arm. Two suspects walked away and there are no arrests.” [ AP ]

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REVIEW: Young Stars Carry Otherwise Flaccid Life, Above All

A small story is laid out in broad, biblical terms in Life, Above All , a ye-who-is-without-sin parable set in contemporary, AIDS -stricken South Africa. Director Oliver Schmitz takes great and often very photogenic pains to indict the shame and secrecy attached to the epidemic that has made South Africa the country with the highest incidence of HIV infections in the world.

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Itsy-Bitsy Spidey: See 3 New Pictures From The Amazing Spider-Man

I’m still recovering from the still of Andrew Garfield, with his itty-bitty torso and sweet angst , donning the Spider-Man suit. Six months have passed since that memorable day, and now EW — as part of a cover story and spread — has the first photos from the Marc Webb-directed reboot. Get ready for pained Emma Stone, upside-down Spidey, a chilling glimpse of Dr. Conners (a/k/a/ The Lizard), and a bloodied, shirtless Andrew Garfield.

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VIDEO: Everything You Need to Know About Harry Potter in 6 Minutes

REVIEW: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Holds Many Loud Secrets Within Its Folds

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a nice little story about two women — or, rather, two sets of women living some 180 years apart — who vow “eternal commitment” and frequently stare at one another with dewy adoration. To invoke Pauline Kael’s review of Diane Kurys’s Entre Nous , it’s about two women not having a lesbian affair.

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REVIEW: Errol Morris’ Tabloid Tells the Sordid Tale of a Love-Crazed Nutter

Errol Morris’s Tabloid isn’t quite as juicy as its title might lead you to believe, but it does tell a suitably twisted, outlandish tale: In 1977 Joyce McKinney, a North Carolina-born beauty queen who’d been ditched by her Mormon boyfriend — he “disappeared” because he’d been called on his mission — trekked to England to snatch him from the clutches of his church.

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David Goyer to Re-Write Gareth Edwards-Helmed Godzilla Reboot

Having worked on Christopher Nolan ‘s Batman films and the upcoming Man of Steel for Legendary Pictures, David S. Goyer has been tapped to re-write the company’s upcoming Godzilla reboot for Monsters director Gareth Edwards . Presumably that’ll put your geek worry to ease about the next studio attempt to revive the kaiju franchise stateside, if only a bit. After all, can any Hollywood take on Godzilla be worse than Roland Emmerich’s 1998 misfire?

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Ponder the Truth of Severus Snape in New Harry Potter Featurette

Oh, the mysterious plight of Severus Snape, the dark and complex Hogwarts teacher and Harry Potter-hating wizard of J.K. Rowling’s beloved YA series. As the epic showdown between good and evil comes to its dramatic conclusion this week in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 , consider the conundrum that is Snape in WB’ s newly released character featurette.

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Glee: The 3D Concert Movie to Premiere Two Days Early For Gleeks

This just in from 20th Century Fox: Glee: The 3D Concert Movie will be shown specially for dedicated fans of the Fox music series on August 10, 2011 — two days ahead of the worldwide premiere — in nearly 300 theaters across the U.S. and Canada. And by “dedicated fans,” I mean anyone willing to pay $30 when tickets go on sale July 13 on the movie’s official Facebook page .

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